Hypanus sabinus
(Lesueur 1824)
Family Dasyatidae
![A full-body view of the Atlantic Stingray](https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/66/2020/02/Plate-5.jpg)
The Atlantic stingray is a member of the whiptail stingray family and is a flattened, rhomboid-shaped disc. It has a venomous spine with serrated tip and is a marine species that inhabits surf zones and estuaries, as well as sandy bottoms of large rivers and soft-substrate inland habitats.
Status & distribution
- Status — Marine invader
- Florida Distribution — Western and North Central, South Florida and Atlantic Coast
Similar Species
- The bluntnose stingray, Hypanus say